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The famed Vienna Boys Choir returns to the Lehigh Valley Dec. 5 for a holiday concert at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown. The best-known and most prolific boys' choir in the world will present a diverse program, from beloved Christmas tunes and medieval chant to folk songs and pop holiday favorites.

The group traces its origins back to 1498, when Emperor Maximilian I gave instructions that among his court musicians there were to be six singing boys. The choir, part of Maximilian's Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, sang exclusively for the imperial court. In 1921, after the breakdown of the Habsburg Empire, the former court choir boys became the Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys...

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